Richard M. (algernon99) - , reviewed on 7/3/2012 + 418 more book reviews

Not a bad story; it shows a lot of promise, enough so that I've ordered the next two in the series. I liked the main characters and didn't have a lot of trouble with some of the unlikely names and odd people in the story.

But I did have some problems. One is not really important, but I can't help myself. What lousy proofreading at the publisher! They said, "Here, here!" Egads! Anyone who holds a copy editing job should know that should be "Hear, hear!" And using "alright," which of course is not a word.

Sigh.

Enough pickiness. The most substantial problem is the hackneyed, cliche of a bad TV show scene at the end. I was happily reading along, but had to put down the book and complain to my wife when we got the two plucky heroines being chased up to the roof of town hall by the killer. I knew--I just KNEW--how that was going to end, and sure enough, I was right. Puh-leeze!

I also had a little trouble with the relationship of grown divorcee daughter and Doc, her dad. It just didn't ring true to me.

Oh well. With all that griping done, I liked the book. The authors just need to spend a bit more time on thinking up a climax for the story. Watching bad TV shows and copying their plotting just won't do.

But read it anyway. It was fun.

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